This article contributes to discourse on signature pedagogy by reconceptualizing how our pedagogies are understood and defined for social work education. We critique the view that field education is social work's signature pedagogy and consider what pedagogies are distinct about the teaching and learning of social work. Using Shulman's…

The "National Mathematics Curriculum Framing Paper" has been released for consultation until 28 February 2009 (see www.ncb.org.au). Professional associations, teachers, teacher educators and others are taking the opportunity to organise meetings and forums to consider the views presented in the paper and to provide critical feedback and…

Focuses on the state of mathematics as exemplified in New Zealand schools rather than the level of mathematical understanding of students. Regards the picture of mathematics presented in curriculum documents as healthy with respect to mathematics, but criticizes implementation of the curriculum. Suggests teaching by presenting a wider picture of…

Discusses the need for and use of models in the design and development of instructional materials, providing an overview of the main characteristics of a unit model and three course models: a simple linear model, a refined linear model, and a branched model. (RAO)

Discusses the identification and application of instructional support services to the instructional development process. To determine the full extent of these support services a matrix is presented, listing services and criteria for their inclusion in the ID process. (RAO)

The strengths and weaknesses of the fields of curriculum development and instructional development are discussed in a father-and-son letter exchange. (MLF)

Reviews and discusses the potential accomplishments and limitations of a performance-based method of deriving instructional content, taking into account five broad classes of learning outcomes--intellectual skills, information, cognitive strategies, attitudes, and motor skills--which are viewed as what is learned in any or all of the subjects of a…

Examines the dispute concerning ideas related to a national scope and sequence for the social studies curriculum. Urges social studies teachers and other interested parties to review all proposals for a national scope and sequence so that they can participate in developing an improved plan or recognize that defining a scope and sequence is…

Explains how cost-utility analysis can be applied to the selection of curriculum and instructional methods. Describes the use of multiattribute utility models of decision making as a tool for more informed judgment in educational administration. (SK)

Explores some current concepts of curriculum integration, and proposes some alternatives to the conceptual violence often done in the name of curriculum integration. What is lost in many efforts in curriculum integration is the "topography" of any particular thing. Curriculum integration should rely on relationships that already exist and not…

Addresses the question of what constitutes a writing course. Maintains that the main objective of a writing course is the development of the writer, and that the privileged text is students' writing. Takes issue with writing courses that emphasize reading, subject content, or investigation over the writing process. (TB)

This chapter examines the need for and practice of instructional development within the liberal arts college. The context of the liberal arts college is described, the likely demand for liberal arts education by society is examined, and new evidence for the effect of a liberal arts education on the student is explored. The potential and actual…

Examines the context of present curriculum development in geomorphology and the way in which it has developed in recent years. Discusses the content of the geomorphology curriculum in higher education and the consequences of curriculum development together with a consideration of future trends and their implications. (GEA)

Describes a framework for introducing micro-based computer cartography into college-level courses. The discussion centers on hardware, software, practical considerations, and snags. (RM)

Examines the impact of women's studies on the higher education curriculum by tracing the history and documenting specific examples of the institutionalization of women's studies. Suggests that new generations of scholars have benefited from the curricular revisions that resulted from the women's studies movement. (51 citations). (MAB)